Fatburger

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FATBURGER

Type	Franchise
Founded	Los Angeles, California, USA (1952)
Headquarters	Several locations throughout Canada and the US
Key people	Ms. Lovie Yancey
Industry	Fast food restaurants
Products	burgers, french fries, soft drinks & milkshakes
Slogan	The Last Great Hamburger Stand
Website	www.fatburger.com

Fatburger is an American fast-food restaurant chain that uses the slogan The Last Great Hamburger Stand. It is especially popular on the West Coast. While a fast food restaurant, the food is cooked and made to order.

The chain remained mostly a California chain until it began a significant expansion in North America in the late 1990s. There are currently 82 Fatburger restaurants.

Former professional basketball player Magic Johnson was one of the owners of the parent company. Bay Area rapper E-40 also has a stake in the company as a franchise owner, and played a key role in bringing the first Fatburger restaurant to Northern California. On August 15, 2003, Fog Cutter Capital Group Inc. completed a $6 million investment and financing package for Fatburger Holdings, Inc. (“Fatburger”). Fatburger operates or franchises 51 hamburger stands located in California, Nevada, Arizona and Washington. The company has plans to open an additional 124 restaurants in those same states plus expansion into Oregon, Louisiana, Colorado, Georgia, Ohio, New Jersey, Florida, and Michigan.

1 Atmosphere
2 History
3 Trivia
4 Locations
- 4.1 Canada
- 4.2 United States
5 External links

[edit] Atmosphere

Customers are given a number after ordering and the food and milkshakes are delivered to the customers' table. A distinctive feature of the chain is that burgers can be ordered fried or flame grilled at the customer's request.

All Fatburger locations have a jukebox where patrons can choose a song from a catalog of popular hits to be played for free. Song choices are put in a queue, however one can put a prescribed amount of money into the jukebox in order to "jump the queue" and have his song played immediately after the currently playing song.